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Opinion

Drunk driving results in more senseless deaths

Editorial

They were brothers, sons, husbands and fathers, and they are gone far too soon because someone apparently decided to drink and drive. Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matt should have stood with their sister Katie at her wedding Friday in Philadelphia. Instead, what was supposed to be a joyful ...

Life expectancies in Ohio among shortest in nation

Editorial

For many Ohio residents, our choice to live here comes down to it simply being home. We’re here because we want to live here. But data released recently by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention shows Ohio residents are not living as long as residents of most other states. Ohio ...

Drought and a runaway waterbed mattress

Local Columns

Nothing I’ve ever done was more hoopie than my attempt to use an old waterbed mattress to water my garden during a drought in 2002. Before repeating that tale, I should comment on the current summer drought, which has to be one of the longest on record. We got virtually no measurable rain ...

Ohio’s elected officials need to serve us, not themselves

Editorial

Ohio lawmakers and other elected officials have a habit of trying to circumvent the will of the people, no matter how loudly Ohioans have spoken. Another recent example comes in the collection of state laws that combine to create a 24-hour waiting period for abortions in the state. Franklin ...

Don’t be an at-risk driver, don’t be a statistic

Editorial

Most people understand what at-risk drivers — those intoxicated from alcohol or drugs or distracted by hand-held devices — pose to the those driving along innocently, responsibly and intently aware of surroundings who, nevertheless, gets creamed by a drunk, buzzed or distracted ...

Learning how to communicate with older adults

Local Columns

The following column was originally published Oct. 9, 2021 Thanks to breakthroughs in medicine and nutrition in recent years, we are living longer than ever before. But this increase in life expectancy also brings an increase in the number of diseases, injuries and impairments that affect ...